The Dissident
Synopsis
Hua Liu hopes to obtain a long-stay visa in France and spend her retirement close to her daughter Lou, but above all close to Paul, her grandson she has never met. But Hua is also a committed poetess. One day, she gives a clandestine reading in a Chinese restaurant. A man dressed in a suit confiscates all her books. After collecting Paul from school, she is summoned by a mysterious office to collect an important document.
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Director (1)
Actors (3)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : La Petite Ellipse
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producers : Adrien Lioure, Matthieu Dubois
- Screenwriter : Nicolas Vimenet
- Director of photography : Paloma Pineda
- Music Composer : Olivier Militon
- Assistant director : Hélène Dubouchaud
- Editor : Jean Costa
- Sound recordists : Colin Prum, Louis-Julien Pannetier
- Costume designer : Nayé Diallo
- Production manager : Delphine Cazelles
- Sound Editor : Étienne André
- Continuity supervisor : Noëllie Maugard
- Production designers : Noémie Oger, Sandrine Jacob
- Casting : Erwan Dujardin-Blaizot
- Grader : Lydia Lopez
- Make-up Artist : Line Levron
- Sound Mixer : Étienne André
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Family, Politics, Poetry
- Production language : Mandarin, French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 21 min 57 seconds
- Visa number : 158.638
- Visa issue date : 08/07/2024
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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